Research Article

Thermophilic Solid-State Anaerobic Digestion of Corn Straw, Cattle Manure, and Vegetable Waste: Effect of Temperature, Total Solid Content, and C/N Ratio

Table 2

Three-level-three-factor Box–Behnken design for SS-AD of corn straw, cattle manure, and vegetable waste.

RunMixed substrateInoculum#Distilled waterUrea
A : TB : ISCC : C/N(g)(g)(mL)(g)

14017.523.5100137.02860.345
26017.523.5100137.02860.345
34032.523.5100137.0200.345
46032.523.5100137.0200.345
5402515100137.02301.091
6602515100137.02301.091
7402532100137.02300.000
8602532100137.02300.000
95017.515100137.02861.091
105032.515100137.0201.091
115017.532100137.02860
125032.532100137.0200
13502523.5100137.02300.345
14502523.5100137.02300.345
15502523.5100137.02300.345
16502523.5100137.02300.345
17502523.5100137.02300.345

With a moisture content of 67.5%, the mass ratio of (dry wt.). #The feedstock-to-inoculum ratio (F/I, based on VS) was 3.